Pixel art-ing!

Hey guys! How ya’ll doin?

Listen…

I wanna make some kool pixel-ee smilies for my forums like here on Kirupa.

Could someone please suggest a software or technique?

Thanks! :thumb:

MS Paint and lots of clicking.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&hs=IwS&c2coff=1&safe=active&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=pixel+art+tutorials&spell=1

:LOL: ahahahaha, :|…:whistle:

Fester, you have a way with words! :wink:

yeah, paint is the way to go, for kf, there is a templete, download that and make one on it

hey puki can u dedicate one special smiley just for me there :smiley:

i did a few transformers smilies a while back. fun stuff.

if u are talking to me, what do u mean?

^sparky, that wasnt for u but pulkit aka lonephoenix.

ohh lol ok

Hey KOOCHIE!! Don’t reveal my true identity here…

The evil warlords are after me!

LOOK! A BLUEBERRY CHIPMUNK!!!

runs and hides underneath a pebble near the viper’s pit

BTW, isn’t there a better solution than MS Paint??? :huh:

And just where is the template for the smilies? Help please! :inc:

^sends the blueberry chipmunk right after ya :stuck_out_tongue:

you could use fireworks or photoshop:)
layers and alpha could definitely help in these programs:)

I was silly slapped for saying that once bro :stuck_out_tongue:

Nah… Tried PS for it… Ugly results. :stuck_out_tongue:

did you save in the correct format?
maybe you exported it as jpg:P

^:P

I saved it them as gifs.

The thing I was talking about there was that the anti-aliasation in PS gives bad results for small smilies.

It’s great for larger smilies though… The Satin effect creates nice dimensions if used properly :wink:

I’ve never used anything other than Paint for my pixel stuff. I can definitely see where layers and alpha could be very useful. Problem is, most of my pixel stuff I do during breaks at my day job. Paint is all that’s available. Here’s the TF “smilies” I did a while back.

ETA not really smilies, I guess. Just a bunch of little robot heads.

Nice work Jokun :thumb:

Thanks:)

Dang man! Those are fantastic! :thumb:

Thanks! Now for the big challenge: can anyone name them all?